Fovea of head of femur

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Bone: Fovea capitis femoris

Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above. (Fovea capitis labeled at upper left.)

Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. (Fovea capitis labeled at center right.)
Latin	fovea capitis femoris
Gray's	subject #59 243
Dorlands / Elsevier	f_15/12377206

The surface of the head of the femur is smooth, coated with cartilage in the fresh state, except over an ovoid depression, the fovea of head of femur, which is situated a little below and behind the center of the head, and gives attachment to the ligamentum teres.

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Bones of lower limbs

Femur

upper extremity	head (fovea) · neck · greater trochanter (trochanteric fossa) · lesser trochanter · intertrochanteric line · intertrochanteric crest

body	linea aspera · gluteal tuberosity/third trochanter · pectineal line

lower extremity	adductor tubercle · epicondyles (lateral, medial) · condyles (lateral, medial) · patellar surface · intercondylar fossa

Tibia

upper extremity	intercondylar eminence (posterior intercondylar area, anterior intercondylar area, lateral intercondylar tubercle, medial intercondylar tubercle) · condyles (lateral, medial)

body	tuberosity · soleal line

lower extremity	medial malleolus · fibular notch